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ECU Film Festival 19-21 April, 2024
Driving in France: what you need to know
Revealed: The Paris Olympics medals
English theater productions
The history of Valentine’s Day
Immigration in France, A new look
Bill & Rosa’s Book Room
First of all, for us, a Book Room is a comfortable place to spend some time. Think of it as the reading lounge on the ocean liners of yore with a western bent. Our maître-mots are
Read, Write, Relax. Buy, Borrow, Donate.Bill & Rosa's Book Room has several aspects. It is first a USED BOOK SHOP and a LENDING LIBRARY. There are many novels of all genres for sale plus non-fiction, biographies, history, some poetry, cookbooks, cats, books on Paris or France, memoirs and children's books. Most books are in English, but also in French and even a few bilingual. Prices start at just 2€.
The 500 volume lending library has four sections :
The Sylvie and Henry Noullet Library: novels mostly in English Bill and Rosa's Library of the American West includes no…We tested non-alcoholic wine. It’s good!
Merde! Stephen Clarke, Interview with a Paris author
"Not one of the other Stephen Clarkes you might have read about, who include an Olympic swimmer, a world-record-holding pumpkin sculptor and various criminals. I'm just the author whose new novel, Merde at the Paris Olympics, is now out." -- Stephen Clarke
If you are an expat in Paris (or not!) you must know the adventures of Paul West, The hero of A Year in the Merde and its sequels depicting French lifestyle from his personal perspective as an English man. The books became incredibly famous as many people could relate to the story. Who never had problems adapting to a new country? The language, the workplace, meeting people... many subjects tackled in the books with a great sense of humour. As a French girl, I was very amused by those books. Even if Stephen Clarke gently points out some of our weird traits, it is obvious that deep down he really loves France. As a matter of fact, I found out he lives in France! I spent a few years in…Sing C’est la Vie by Sonny and Cher
Annonces
90+ Ways You Know You’re Becoming French
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- 23 mars 2024
Learn French and English idiomatic expressions
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- 2 janvier 2024
Les Parisettes Boutique
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- 2 janvier 2024